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Open Source Software included in FW v16.0.1

Downloads Open Source Software used in FileWave

FileWave is a device management solution that uses a variety of open source libraries and softwar...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Adobe Creative Cloud (macOS)

Software Deployment Recipes (macOS)

Description In today's digital age, visual content plays a pivotal role in branding, marketing, ...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

TeamViewer General Pre-Requisites

TeamViewer TeamViewer Pre-Requisites

What Each operating system platform will have its own set of pre-requisites that need to be sati...

Updated 1 year ago by Emma Ainsworth

FileVault - Getting Started

macOS FileVault

Please NoteSetting up FileVault 2 with FileWave is supported with MDM enrolled macOS devices only...

Updated 1 year ago by Sean Holden

Apple Metadata Missing After Fileset Installation (macOS)

macOS Troubleshooting

Description In some instances Metadata is added to items to provide additional features, however...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

macOS Malware Knowledge Base (by Stuart Ashenbrenner)

Apple General Info

What The macOS Malware Knowledge Base, curated by Stuart Ashenbrenner, Principal macOS Security ...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Components

FileWave General Info

In this section, we will describe the key FileWave components: FileWave Server The FileWave Ser...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Evolution of OS Updates on Apple devices (15.3+)

Software Updates (Apple)

Despite being a critical task in Endpoint Management, OS Update management is unfortunately quite...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Desktop PKG and MSI Filesets

Filesets / Payloads Filesets - A Closer Look

What Special Filesets may be created for PKG and MSI installers.  These will automatically insta...

Updated 1 year ago by Zachary Butterfield

Missing Device Message in Kiosk for macOS and Windows (16.0+)

Kiosk

What As a FileWave Administrator, you sometimes need a reliable method to signal that a device i...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Client Rename Behavior

FileWave Client Troubleshooting

Renaming a desktop client in the admin console will now change the Client Name inventory field to...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Client Configuration Settings

FileWave Client FileWave Client Configuration

Configuration Settings are found in the Windows registry or macOS plist: macOS: /usr/local/etc...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

Checking what version of iOS/iPadOS App Portal is being pushed out (15.3+)

Kiosk Troubleshooting

What How do I know what version of App Portal (Kiosk) is being pushed out to iOS/iPadOS devices?...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

App Portal on iOS/iPadOS devices that don't support the application (15.3+)

Kiosk

What If you have an iOS/iPadOS device that is older than what is officially supported by FileWav...

Updated 1 year ago by Ajla Alic

FileWave App Portal for iOS (IPA Install)

Kiosk

For FileWave 15.3.0+ please note that the IPA is automatically deployed. Once 15.3.0 is released ...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

FileWave Anywhere Payload Script Editor

FileWave Anywhere Help Menus View - Payloads

What FileWave Anywhere script editor allows you to interactively edit script content in any payl...

Updated 1 year ago by Josh Levitsky

App Portal / Kiosk v2 transition

Kiosk

Evolution of App Portal for iOS/iPadOS: Transition from Technical Preview to Official Release In...

Updated 1 year ago by Sean Holden

FileWave Kiosk for macOS and Windows overview (15.3+)

Kiosk

This article will explain the details of the refreshed Kiosk for macOS and Windows that is includ...

Updated 1 year ago by Sean Holden

Self-Service Kiosk Overview

Kiosk

FileWave supports two methods of distributing content by way of assignment (Association or Deploy...

Updated 1 year ago by Sean Holden

White Labeling FileWave components

White Labeling FileWave Components

Starting with FileWave 12.7, it is possible to customize end-user components and change FileWave ...

Updated 1 year ago by Sean Holden